SAN ANTONIO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a San Antonio music venue.

The state claims Paper Tiger violated Texas law by denying an off-duty officer entry with their firearms back in January.

The lawsuit seeks civil penalties and a court order forcing the venue along the Saint Mary’s strip to comply going forward.

The owners of Paper Tiger, Empty Stomach LP, face a fine of $1,000.

That’s if the attorney general can prove the business went against a 2017 law that allows peace officers to carry authorized weapons in establishments like theirs.

The lawsuit filed by the attorney general claims that on Jan. 17 of this year, off-duty peace officer Raul Tijerina was not allowed into the Paper Tiger with his weapon.

A weapon, the lawsuit says, that peace o

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